Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-19
his instructions to return rebel flags
captured by the Union forces during
the war;


captured by the Union forces during
the war"
SAM sMALLs ROAsTINGs.
A sermon full Of "Roasts" Mt the Red Rock.
Minnesota, Camp Meeting.
A Red Rock special to the Mime
apoiis Evening Journal Of June 10th
says moment after the sweet strains
Of the closing song Of Prof. Excel aud
his choir he'd reverberated through
the grove and had died away In the
pavilion at the Red Rock camp meet
ing grounds this morning. tall and
emaciated looking parsonage arose
slowly from his chair, and ambled 10
the front Of the rostrum. His face was
very thin and very sallow. A heavy
dark brown moustache covered his
upper lip. Gold bowed spectacles bid
bis eyes. As he reached the front of
the rostrum he pointed q long bony
finger at the audience and remained
In that attitude for % much a. fifteen
seconds, without uttering q word.
Then he broke forth:
THERE'S q great many reports goin'
round these grounds about the failure
Of Sam Jones to get here at the OPEN
ing Of this meetin'. 1 simply want to
tell you that he has been detained
somewhere for some unavoidable res-
son. Sam Sones never misses an en-
gagement II Providence permits him
TO keep 1t. When he comes he will
give you his reason, an give it TO you
straight. see on the printed pro-
grsmme distributed by this associa-
tion that the name of Sam Small is
not mentioned. I dom know why,
and don't care. s'pose I've been
sand witched in as an extra TO fill
time ana space. pm not complaining
about this thing, I've been used the
same way before"
Then the evangelist ambled back to
q desk and picked up q handsomely
bound Bible and returned to his old
position. He opened the book and
read his lext.
"There are n great many notions
about preaching these days." he said.
EVERY man and woman has got q
standard for every preacher. They
measure his power and influence &C
cordingly, I'm not theological SEM
mary. I've never been incorporated
as such. It's not my business to lay
down rules for preachers. don't
know where you can find them in the
scripture, or out of 1t. You cannot
gauge preacher by any standard of
custom. / can't, except what my
character as q man can give 1t. II
don't make any difference what / as q
man may denounce or approve. L,
would only be my opinion. ! don't
care what you think Of me. You are
insulting God when you attribute to
me or any other preacher what God In
his word has said. You denounce the
preacher because he hits you. IL
makes no difference to the preacher.
He cares no more for your denuncia-
ton than be does for the barking o: q
yellow dog.
"Some men in the pulpit preach
simply for the applause of the congre'
ton. The congregation will say,
some Of them: Il like to go and hear
him because he is eloquent Here's
where you get at them. What 10 that
sort Of preacher to that sort Of Q
crowd? They 60 to hear him like
they would 60 to show, the same ~
they would to hear PATHS noble swee'
nothings or the Bernhardt rave
tragedy. They wonder what be ID
going TO preach when they reach the
church sunday; what new sensation
| ne Will spring oh th0ns AHS PsSeHSA
will get up in the pulpit and make
show of himself. Gods plan is not u
have his ways fit the ways Of thu
world. The man who get up in hi
pulpit and preach TO gain popularity
is hypocrite, poltroon and liar.
"Suppose 1 20 TO Minneapolis 10 ons
Of those grain spectators and say Il
him: You've no right to gamble this
way who are you p he will say
I'm a preacher I reply. WELL he
will say to me, you're wrong. There's
nothing In the Bible that says any
thing about grain speculation That
man don't read the Bible. He's
wrong"
Small roasted" the reporters and
card players In characteristic style.
a Timber Ruling Modified.
DEPARTMENT OF THE lNTERIoR.